2021 Vuelta a Asturias (2.1), Spain

63rd edition: April 30 - May 2, 2021

Vuelta a Asturias podium history | 2019 edition (race not held in 2020) | 2022 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3

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Sunday, May 2: 3rd & Final Stage, Cangas del Narcea - Oviedo (Alto del Naranco), 125.3 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Pierre Latour wins the final stage.

Weather at the finish at Naranco at 1:30 PM, local time: 11C (51F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 25% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from GC second-place Antonio Pedrero's Movistar team:

Movistar Team completed a really nice 63rd Vuelta a Asturias, with its seven riders fighting until the very end of the three-day stagerace in the northern Spanish principality. The final stage -125km between Cangas del Narcea and the traditional, uphill finish of the Alto del Naranco- witnessed a festival of attacks from the Telefónica-backed squad, present in the early break with Nelson Oliveira and offensive on the last two ascents with Einer Rubio -6th in the stage; 5th in the final GC- and Antonio Pedrero (4th today), the main rival of overall winner Nairo Quintana (ARK).

The Blues filled the final climbs with different moves, as Einer tried several times to split the GC group and help Pedrero stand a better chance at improving his overall situation. The Colombian would end up conceding about twenty seconds over the day’s winner, Pierre Latour (TDE), who, together with team-mate Víctor de la Parte, overtook Rubio into the final standings. Quintana and Pedrero crossed the line together.

Oliveira’s impressive job, still able to lead his team-mates out through the descent of the Alto del Violeo (Cat-2) after getting caught, meant the Movistar riders secured victory at the team prize.

Complete results:

125.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.809 km/hr

1	LATOUR Pierre	Total Direct Energie	2hr 59min 49sec
2	OSORIO Alejandro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	@ 2sec
3	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Total Direct Energie	0:12
4	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	s.t.
5	QUINTANA Nairo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
6	RUBIO Einer	Movistar	0:19
7	FORTUNATO Lorenzo	Kometa-Xstra	0:59
8	GARCIA Jhojan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
9	ADRIA Roger	Kern Pharma	s.t.
10	NAVARRO Daniel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
11	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:04
12	HERNANDEZ José	Team Medellin	s.t.
13	JUARISTI Txomin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:14
14	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	1:19
15	DIAZ José	Nippo-Delko	1:30
16	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:33
17	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
18	MATE Luis	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:54
19	FEDELI Alessandro	Nippo-Delko	2:13
20	NYCH Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:29
21	SCARONI Cristian	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:38
22	OKAMIKA Ander	Burgos-BH	2:41
23	MENDEZ Daniel	Kern Pharma	s.t.
24	AGIRRE Jon	Kern Pharma	s.t.
25	PARRA José	Kern Pharma	s.t.
26	ROSA Diego	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
27	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	s.t.
28	CUADRADO Unai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
29	BURGAUDEAU Mathieu	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
30	OYOLA Róbigzon	Team Medellin	s.t.
31	GARCIA Carlos	Kern Pharma	3:00
32	FINETTO Mauro	Nippo-Delko	3:12
33	SANCHEZ Pelayo	Burgos-BH	3:14
34	GONZALEZ Abner	Movistar	s.t.
35	ANACONA Winner	Arkéa-Samsic	3:24
36	GAVAZZI Francesco	Kometa-Xstra	3:29
37	ROJAS José	Movistar	s.t.
38	DEL PINO Jesus	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
39	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:43
40	HARDY Romain	Arkéa-Samsic	3:51
41	GRELLIER Fabien	Total Direct Energie	4:09
42	QUINTANA Dayer	Arkéa-Samsic	4:36
43	DOUBEY Fabien	Total Direct Energie	4:43
44	DELETTRE Alexandre	Nippo-Delko	4:53
45	NOVIKOV Savva	Kern Pharma	5:41
46	ARMSTRONG Thomas	Electro Hiper Europa	6:40
47	SEVILLA Diego	Kometa-Xstra	6:54
48	OSORIO Juan	Burgos-BH	7:09
49	ALBA Juan	Movistar	s.t.
50	OURSELIN Paul	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
51	GARCIA Sergio	Kometa-Xstra	s.t.
52	GHIRMAY Biniam	Nippo-Delko	s.t.
53	CHERNETSKI Sergei	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
54	NEKRASOV Denis	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
55	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
56	MONTOYA Cristhian	Team Medellin	s.t.
57	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk	7:26
58	MURGUIALDAY Jokin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:50
59	PELEGRI Oscar	Electro Hiper Europa	8:09
60	PAREDES César	Aviludo-Louletano	8:54
61	LE TURNIER Mathias	Nippo-Delko	9:13
62	MADRAZO Angel	Burgos-BH	9:31
63	GUTIERREZ José	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
64	DE LA FUENTE David	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
65	ARCHIBALD John	Kometa-Xstra	10:01
66	CHALAPUD Robinson	Team Medellin	10:07
67	LEDANOIS Kévin	Arkéa-Samsic	10:33
68	JURADO Marcos	Electro Hiper Europa	11:45
69	BALLESTEROS Miguel	Electro Hiper Europa	s.t.
70	BELANDRIA Juan	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	11:50
71	ANGULO Antonio	Euskaltel-Euskadi	13:38
72	CABEDO Oscar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
73	KUSZTOR Péter	Novo Nordisk	13:53
74	VIEGAS Daniel	Kometa-Xstra	s.t.
75	MEIRELES Nuno	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
76	WACKERMANN Luca	Kometa-Xstra	14:16
77	MILTIADIS Andreas	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	15:14
78	OYARZUN Carlos	Aviludo-Louletano	18:18
79	LOPES Fernando	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
80	BUENO Jorge	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
81	RUIZ Ibon	Kern Pharma	s.t.
82	DE ROSSI Lucas	Nippo-Delko	s.t.
83	AZURMENDI Ibai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
84	BEHRINGER Oliver	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
85	DUARTE Fabio	Team Medellin	s.t.
86	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.

Final GC after stage 3:

• GC winner: Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic)
• Mountains classification winner: José Gutierrez (Gios-Kiwi Atlantico)
• Points classification winner: Nairo Quintana (Arkea Samsic)
• Team classification winner: Team Movistar

510.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.401 km/hr

1	QUINTANA Nairo	Arkéa-Samsic	13hr 34min 27sec
2	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	@ 36sec
3	LATOUR Pierre	Total Direct Energie	0:54
4	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Total Direct Energie	1:01
5	RUBIO Einer	Movistar	1:08
6	OSORIO Alejandro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:26
7	ADRIA Roger	Kern Pharma	1:52
8	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:00
9	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	2:43
10	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3:03
11	HERNANDEZ José	Team Medellin	3:06
12	DIAZ José	Nippo-Delko	s.t.
13	FORTUNATO Lorenzo	Kometa-Xstra	3:12
14	NAVARRO Daniel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
15	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:46
16	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	4:07
17	ROSA Diego	Arkéa-Samsic	4:54
18	NYCH Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	5:24
19	GARCIA Jhojan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	5:42
20	JUARISTI Txomin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5:50
21	PARRA José	Kern Pharma	5:57
22	FINETTO Mauro	Nippo-Delko	6:53
23	MATE Luis	Euskaltel-Euskadi	7:19
24	MENDEZ Daniel	Kern Pharma	8:17
25	SCARONI Cristian	Gazprom-RusVelo	8:38
26	OKAMIKA Ander	Burgos-BH	8:56
27	GAVAZZI Francesco	Kometa-Xstra	10:29
28	CUADRADO Unai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	11:26
29	AGIRRE Jon	Kern Pharma	12:48
30	DEL PINO Jesus	Aviludo-Louletano	13:51
31	ROJAS José	Movistar	15:32
32	GARCIA Carlos	Kern Pharma	15:40
33	NOVIKOV Savva	Kern Pharma	s.t.
34	GONZALEZ Abner	Movistar	16:01
35	DOUBEY Fabien	Total Direct Energie	17:17
36	CHALAPUD Robinson	Team Medellin	17:32
37	OYOLA Róbigzon	Team Medellin	17:41
38	MURGUIALDAY Jokin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	17:49
39	ANACONA Winner	Arkéa-Samsic	18:53
40	BURGAUDEAU Mathieu	Total Direct Energie	19:13
41	CABEDO Oscar	Burgos-BH	20:38
42	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	21:30
43	OSORIO Juan	Burgos-BH	23:03
44	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk	23:20
45	CHERNETSKI Sergei	Gazprom-RusVelo	23:58
46	MONTOYA Cristhian	Team Medellin	24:29
47	ARMSTRONG Thomas	Electro Hiper Europa	25:18
48	PAREDES César	Aviludo-Louletano	25:44
49	LE TURNIER Mathias	Nippo-Delko	26:37
50	NEKRASOV Denis	Gazprom-RusVelo	27:14
51	MADRAZO Angel	Burgos-BH	27:19
52	GRELLIER Fabien	Total Direct Energie	27:57
53	ALBA Juan Diego	Movistar	28:38
54	SEVILLA Diego	Kometa-Xstra	30:42
55	OURSELIN Paul	Total Direct Energie	30:57
56	FEDELI Alessandro	Nippo-Delko	31:32
57	MILTIADIS Andreas	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	32:04
58	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	32:36
59	DE LA FUENTE David	Aviludo-Louletano	33:19
60	GARCIA Sergio	Kometa-Xstra	33:24
61	QUINTANA Dayer	Arkéa-Samsic	33:39
62	WACKERMANN Luca	Kometa-Xstra	34:25
63	DELETTRE Alexandre	Nippo-Delko	35:23
64	KUSZTOR Péter	Novo Nordisk	37:41
65	GHIRMAY Biniam	Nippo-Delko	38:44
66	SANCHEZ Pelayo	Burgos-BH	38:51
67	PELEGRI Oscar	Electro Hiper Europa	38:59
68	HARDY Romain	Arkéa-Samsic	40:02
69	GUTIERREZ José	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	40:05
70	AZURMENDI Ibai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	40:47
71	ARCHIBALD John	Kometa-Xstra	41:28
72	MEIRELES Nuno	Aviludo-Louletano	41:44
73	BALLESTEROS Miguel	Electro Hiper Europa	42:08
74	ANGULO Antonio	Euskaltel-Euskadi	42:31
75	OYARZUN Carlos	Aviludo-Louletano	44:35
76	DUARTE Fabio	Team Medellin	45:25
77	RUIZ Ibon	Kern Pharma	46:36
78	LEDANOIS Kévin	Arkéa-Samsic	46:48
79	DE ROSSI Lucas	Nippo-Delko	48:03
80	BELANDRIA Juan	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	54:41
81	JURADO Marcos	Electro Hiper Europa	1:00:20
82	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:00:33
83	VIEGAS Daniel	Kometa-Xstra	1:04:19
84	BEHRINGER Oliver	Novo Nordisk	1:04:45
85	BUENO Jorge	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	1:14:06
86	LOPES Fernando	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	1:19:30

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Saturday, May 1: Stage 2, Candás - Cangas del Narcea, 200.5 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Hector Carretero gets his first professional win after being a pro for more than four years. Miki Lopez photo

Weather at the finish citry of Cangas del Narcea at 2:10, local time: 11C (51F), cloudy, with the wind rom the north at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is a 17% - 24% chance of rain this afternoon.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Hector Carretero's Team Movistar.

An unforgettable day in the professional career of Héctor Carretero. In his fifth season in cycling’s top tier –all of which he’s worn the Movistar Team colours at-, the rider born in Madrigueras, Albacete was finally able to raise his arms victorious with a great sprint at the end of stage two in the Vuelta a Asturias, a demanding 200km route from Candás to Cangas del Narcea with the Alto del Acebo (Cat-1) as main difficulty.

The Telefónica-backed squad played its strength in numbers to perfection, always having cards to play from the foot of the Acebo. Einer Rubio launched the first attack, leading most of the climb with Víctor de la Parte (TDE); Pedrero went across later on, trying to leave behind race leader Nairo Quintana (ARK); and just before the top of the ascent, the two Blues got together, while Carretero joined them shortly after to make the final selection of eight.

As the group entered Cangas, Héctor took himself to the fore and clearly bested Quintana, with Rubio (3rd) completing a great day for the Blues in Spain and Pedrero, 6th, remaining into the provisional podium overall -second to Nairo, with Einer in 3rd- before a final, explosive stage three (125km) over the climbs of Violeo and Naranco.

REACTION / Héctor Carretero:
“I’m so happy to have claimed this first professional victory. It’s cleat to me what my job here is – I’m one to support my team-mates, I’m happy with that role in the team and want to keep improving on that. In days like today, you’ve got to make the most of those chances. This gives me massive morale, and huge relief to finally get that first win in the books. I remember Jesús Hoyos in this day, and since I turned pro, I always wanted to dedicate this first victory to my family, friends and the town of Madriguers. This goes for all of them.

“We knew that it was down to getting first to the final turn after the downhill, since, after that curve, only 200 meters were left and you would win. I told my team-mates to stay behind me – I actually spent most of the downhill pushing, and let them know I was feeling well, with that pucnh to finish it off. I made him realize that they only had to keep my wheel so we could secure the win; Einer went straight after me, Antonio also tried it, for our rivals to have a harder time at coming back, and with that punch I had, I could finish it off.

“We’ve got a ‘problem’ when it comes to the GC situation: Nairo Quintana is so strong uphill. In our case, there’s an advantage: it’s two riders versus one, with Antonio Pedrero and Einer Rubio. We will try to make things hard and hopefully, still stand a chance of success. We won’t leave without putting up a fight.”

Complete results:

200.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.350 km/hr

1	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	5hr 30min 57sec
2	QUINTANA Nairo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
3	RUBIO Einer	Movistar	s.t.
4	ADRIA Roger	Kern Pharma	s.t.
5	DIAZ José	Nippo-Delko	s.t.
6	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	s.t.
7	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
8	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Gazprom-RusVelo	@ 3sec
9	LATOUR Pierre	Total Direct Energie	0:37
10	MARTIN Gotzon	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
11	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
12	OSORIO Alejandro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
13	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
14	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
15	ROSA Diego	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
16	FORTUNATO Lorenzo	Kometa-Xstra	s.t.
17	NAVARRO Daniel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
18	NYCH Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:09
19	HERNANDEZ José	Team Medellin	s.t.
20	FINETTO Mauro	Nippo-Delko	1:38
21	BURGAUDEAU Mathieu	Total Direct Energie	1:40
22	OKAMIKA Ander	Burgos-BH	s.t.
23	PARRA José	Kern Pharma	s.t.
24	CUADRADO Unai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:00
25	JUARISTI Txomin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
26	MATE Luis	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:50
27	MENDEZ Daniel	Kern Pharma	s.t.
28	GARCIA Jhojan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
29	CHALAPUD Robinson	Team Medellin	3:53
30	GARCIA Carlos	Kern Pharma	4:20
31	SCARONI Cristian	Gazprom-RusVelo	5:07
32	OSORIO Juan	Burgos-BH	5:23
33	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
34	AZURMENDI Ibai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
35	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	5:24
36	NOVIKOV Savva	Kern Pharma	s.t.
37	MURGUIALDAY Jokin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
38	CABEDO Oscar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
39	GAVAZZI Francesco	Kometa-Xstra	s.t.
40	DOUBEY Fabien	Total Direct Energie	5:47
41	DEL PINO Jesus	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
42	ARMSTRONG Thomas	Electro Hiper Europa	8:07
43	ROJAS José	Movistar	8:31
44	GONZALEZ Abner	Movistar	s.t.
45	AGIRRE Jon	Kern Pharma	s.t.
46	MILTIADIS Andreas	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	11:05
47	PAREDES César	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
48	QUINTANA Dayer	Arkéa-Samsic	11:57
49	WACKERMANN Luca	Kometa-Xstra	s.t.
50	ANACONA Winner	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
51	MEIRELES Nuno	Aviludo-Louletano	12:57
52	SEVILLA Diego	Kometa-Xstra	13:17
53	BALLESTEROS Miguel	Electro Hiper Europa	s.t.
54	NEKRASOV Denis	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
55	OURSELIN Paul	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
56	DE LA FUENTE David	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
57	CHERNETSKI Sergei	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
58	OYARZUN Carlos	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
59	MADRAZO Angel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
60	DUARTE Fabio	Team Medellin	s.t.
61	GRELLIER Fabien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
62	KUSZTOR Péter	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
63	DELETTRE Alexandre	Nippo-Delko	13:24
64	RUIZ Ibon	Kern Pharma	s.t.
65	OYOLA Róbigzon	Team Medellin	s.t.
66	LE TURNIER Mathias	Nippo-Delko	13:27
67	MONTOYA Cristhian	Team Medellin	15:44
68	ALBA Juan	Movistar	s.t.
69	GUTIERREZ José	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
70	GARCIA Sergio	Kometa-Xstra	s.t.
71	CABOT Jérémy	Total Direct Energie	15:47
72	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	18:22
73	ANGULO Antonio	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
74	ARCHIBALD John	Kometa-Xstra	18:27
75	PELEGRI Oscar	Electro Hiper Europa	20:20
76	KOVACS Dávid	Electro Hiper Europa	s.t.
77	FEDELI Alessandro	Nippo-Delko	21:01
78	SANCHEZ Pelayo	Burgos-BH	25:06
79	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Gazprom-RusVelo	25:09
80	DE ROSSI Lucas	Nippo-Delko	25:10
81	HARDY Romain	Arkéa-Samsic	25:40
82	LEDANOIS Kévin	Arkéa-Samsic	25:45
83	BELANDRIA Juan	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
84	MOLENAAR Alex	Burgos-BH	25:50
85	GHIRMAY Biniam	Nippo-Delko	s.t.
86	VIEGAS Daniel	Kometa-Xstra	28:31
87	BEHRINGER Oliver	Novo Nordisk	29:21
88	CANELLAS Xavier	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	32:27
89	GRONDIN Donavan	Arkéa-Samsic	33:41
90	CONTTE Tomas	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
91	BUENO Jorge	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
92	JURADO Marcos	Electro Hiper Europa	s.t.
93	ESTELRICH Mateu	Electro Hiper Europa	37:26
94	LOPES Fernando	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	38:04

GC after stage 2:

385.0 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 36.410 km/hr

1	QUINTANA Nairo	Arkéa-Samsic	10hr 34min 26sec
2	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	@ 36sec
3	RUBIO Einer	Movistar	1:01
4	ADRIA Roger	Kern Pharma	1:05
5	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
6	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:08
7	LATOUR Pierre	Total Direct Energie	1:16
8	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	1:38
9	MARTIN Gotzon	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:42
10	OSORIO Alejandro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
11	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
12	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
13	DIAZ José	Nippo-Delko	1:48
14	HERNANDEZ José	Team Medellin	2:14
15	FORTUNATO Lorenzo	Kometa-Xstra	2:25
16	ROSA Diego	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
17	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
18	NAVARRO Daniel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
19	NYCH Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	3:07
20	PARRA José	Kern Pharma	3:28
21	FINETTO Mauro	Nippo-Delko	3:53
22	JUARISTI Txomin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:48
23	GARCIA Jhojan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4:55
24	MATE Luis	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5:38
25	MENDEZ Daniel	Kern Pharma	5:48
26	SCARONI Cristian	Gazprom-RusVelo	6:12
27	OKAMIKA Ander	Burgos-BH	6:27
28	GAVAZZI Francesco	Kometa-Xstra	7:12
29	CABEDO Oscar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
30	CHALAPUD Robinson	Team Medellin	7:37
31	CUADRADO Unai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	8:57
32	NOVIKOV Savva	Kern Pharma	10:11
33	MURGUIALDAY Jokin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
34	AGIRRE Jon	Kern Pharma	10:19
35	DEL PINO Jesus	Aviludo-Louletano	10:34
36	ROJAS José	Movistar	12:15
37	DOUBEY Fabien	Total Direct Energie	12:47
38	GARCIA Carlos	Kern Pharma	12:52
39	GONZALEZ Abner	Movistar	12:59
40	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	14:33
41	OYOLA Róbigzon	Team Medellin	15:12
42	ANACONA Winner	Arkéa-Samsic	15:41
43	OSORIO Juan	Burgos-BH	16:06
44	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
45	BURGAUDEAU Mathieu	Total Direct Energie	16:44
46	CHERNETSKI Sergei	Gazprom-RusVelo	17:01
47	PAREDES César	Aviludo-Louletano	17:02
48	MILTIADIS Andreas	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
49	MONTOYA Cristhian	Team Medellin	17:32
50	LE TURNIER Mathias	Nippo-Delko	17:36
51	MADRAZO Angel	Burgos-BH	18:04
52	ARMSTRONG Thomas	Electro Hiper Europa	18:50
53	NEKRASOV Denis	Gazprom-RusVelo	20:17
54	WACKERMANN Luca	Kometa-Xstra	20:21
55	ALBA Juan Diego	Movistar	21:41
56	AZURMENDI Ibai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	22:41
57	OURSELIN Paul	Total Direct Energie	24:00
58	KUSZTOR Péter	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
59	DE LA FUENTE David	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
60	SEVILLA Diego	Kometa-Xstra	s.t.
61	GRELLIER Fabien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
62	GARCIA Sergio	Kometa-Xstra	26:27
63	OYARZUN Carlos	Aviludo-Louletano	26:29
64	DUARTE Fabio	Team Medellin	27:19
65	MEIRELES Nuno	Aviludo-Louletano	28:03
66	RUIZ Ibon	Kern Pharma	28:30
67	MOLENAAR Alex	Burgos-BH	29:00
68	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	29:05
69	ANGULO Antonio	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
70	QUINTANA Dayer	Arkéa-Samsic	29:15
71	FEDELI Alessandro	Nippo-Delko	29:31
72	DE ROSSI Lucas	Nippo-Delko	29:57
73	BALLESTEROS Miguel	Electro Hiper Europa	30:35
74	DELETTRE Alexandre	Nippo-Delko	30:42
75	GUTIERREZ José	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	30:46
76	CABOT Jérémy	Total Direct Energie	30:53
77	PELEGRI Oscar	Electro Hiper Europa	31:02
78	ARCHIBALD John	Kometa-Xstra	31:39
79	GHIRMAY Biniam	Nippo-Delko	31:47
80	SANCHEZ Pelayo	Burgos-BH	35:49
81	HARDY Romain	Arkéa-Samsic	36:23
82	LEDANOIS Kévin	Arkéa-Samsic	36:27
83	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Gazprom-RusVelo	42:27
84	BELANDRIA Juan	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	43:03
85	KOVACS Dávid	Electro Hiper Europa	43:40
86	BEHRINGER Oliver	Novo Nordisk	46:39
87	CANELLAS Xavier	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	47:33
88	JURADO Marcos	Electro Hiper Europa	48:47
89	CONTTE Tomas	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
90	VIEGAS Daniel	Kometa-Xstra	50:38
91	BUENO Jorge	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	56:00
92	ESTELRICH Mateu	Electro Hiper Europa	59:45
93	LOPES Fernando	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	1:01:24
94	GRONDIN Donavan	Arkéa-Samsic	1:02:38

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Friday, April 30: Stage 1, Oviedo - Pola de Lena, 184.5 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Nairo Quintana wins the first stage in style.

Weather at Lena, near the finish town of Pola da Lena: 8C (46F), cloudy, with the wind from the north at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a a 25% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from 2nd-place Antonio Pedrero's Team Movistar.

Antonio Pedrero (Movistar Team) came on Friday the closest he’s been to a first win in Movistar Team colours as he took 2nd place in the inaugural stage of the 2021 Vuelta a Asturias, a really demanding route -seven rated ascents- on a rainy day from Oviedo to Pola de Lena. The Catalan was one of the last riders to succumb to the pace of Quintana (ARK), who reached the finish line solo with almost half a minute on Antonio and Frenchman Pierre Latour (TDE, 3rd).

Also trying to follow that move from Nairo went his fellow countryman Einer Rubio, 9th at the finish, just behind Nelson Oliveira (8th) as part of a pursuit group of thirteen members, 49″ back on Quintana. It’s already a considerable margin into a Spanish stagerace which is, however, far from over, with tough routes all over the weekend including Saturday’s climb to the Alto del Acebo, en route to the stage two finish in Cangas del Narcea (200.5km).

Complete results:

184.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.444 km/hr

1	QUINTANA Nairo	Arkéa-Samsic	5hr 3min 45sec
2	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	@ 26sec
3	LATOUR Pierre	Total Direct Energie	0:27
4	MARTIN Gotzon	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:49
5	OSORIO Alejandro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
6	SCARONI Cristian	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
7	ADRIA Roger	Kern Pharma	s.t.
8	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
9	RUBIO Einer	Movistar	s.t.
10	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
11	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
12	HERNANDEZ José	Team Medellin	s.t.
13	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
14	GARCIA Jhojan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
15	MATE Luis	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:32
16	FORTUNATO Lorenzo	Kometra-Xstra	s.t.
17	GAVAZZI Francesco	Kometra-Xstra	s.t.
18	ROSA Diego	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
19	CABEDO Oscar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
20	JUARISTI Txomin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
21	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
22	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	s.t.
23	AGIRRE Jon	Kern Pharma	s.t.
24	PARRA José	Kern Pharma	s.t.
25	OYOLA Róbigzon	Team Medellin	s.t.
26	NAVARRO Daniel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
27	DIAZ José	Nippo-Delko	s.t.
28	MONTOYA Cristhian	Team Medellin	s.t.
29	MENDEZ Daniel	Kern Pharma	1:42
30	NYCH Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
31	FINETTO Mauro	Nippo-Delko	1:59
32	MOLENAAR Alex	Burgos-BH	2:54
33	ROJAS José	Movistar	3:28
34	CHERNETSKI Sergei	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
35	CHALAPUD Robinson	Team Medellin	s.t.
36	ANACONA Winner	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
37	LE TURNIER Mathias	Nippo-Delko	3:53
38	GONZALEZ Abner	Movistar	4:12
39	MADRAZO Angel	Burgos-BH	4:31
40	NOVIKOV Savva	Kern Pharma	s.t.
41	DE ROSSI Lucas	Nippo-Delko	s.t.
42	OKAMIKA Ander	Burgos-BH	s.t.
43	MURGUIALDAY Jokin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	AULAR Orluis	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
45	DEL PINO Jesus	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
46	CUADRADO Unai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5:41
47	GHIRMAY Biniam	Nippo-Delko	s.t.
48	PAREDES César	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
49	ALBA Juan	Movistar	s.t.
50	MILTIADIS Andreas	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
51	DOUBEY Fabien	Total Direct Energie	6:44
52	NEKRASOV Denis	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
53	WACKERMANN Luca	Kometra-Xstra	8:08
54	FEDELI Alessandro	Nippo-Delko	8:16
55	GARCIA Carlos	Kern Pharma	s.t.
56	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	8:53
57	KUSZTOR Péter	Novo Nordisk	10:27
58	ARMSTRONG Thomas	Electro Hiper Europa	s.t.
59	OSORIO Juan	Burgos-BH	s.t.
60	LEDANOIS Kévin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
61	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
62	PELEGRI Oscar	Electro Hiper Europa	s.t.
63	OURSELIN Paul	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
64	HARDY Romain	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
65	DE LA FUENTE David	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
66	NICOLAU Joel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
67	GARCIA Sergio	Kometra-Xstra	s.t.
68	SANCHEZ Pelayo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
69	GRELLIER Fabien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
70	SEVILLA Diego	Kometra-Xstra	s.t.
71	ANGULO Antonio	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
72	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
73	OYARZUN Carlos	Aviludo-Louletano	12:56
74	ARCHIBALD John	Kometra-Xstra	s.t.
75	DUARTE Fabio	Team Medellin	13:46
76	JURADO Marcos	Electro Hiper Europa	14:50
77	MUNTON Byron	Electro Hiper Europa	s.t.
78	CANELLAS Xavier	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
79	BURGAUDEAU Mathieu	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
80	GUTIERREZ José	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
81	CONTTE Tomas	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
82	MEIRELES Nuno	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
83	CABOT Jérémy	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
84	RUIZ Ibon	Kern Pharma	s.t.
85	AZURMENDI Ibai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	17:02
86	BALLESTEROS Miguel	Electro Hiper Europa	s.t.
87	HENTTALA Joonas	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
88	BELANDRIA Juan	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
89	BEHRINGER Oliver	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
90	DELETTRE Alexandre	Nippo-Delko	s.t.
91	QUINTANA Dayer	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
92	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
93	CAMPOS Roniel	Aviludo-Louletano	20:29
94	ESTELRICH Mateu	Electro Hiper Europa	22:03
95	BUENO Jorge	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
96	BRUZUAL Jose	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
97	VIEGAS Daniel	Kometra-Xstra	s.t.
98	KOVACS Dávid	Electro Hiper Europa	23:04
99	LOPES Fernando	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
100	DE KEIJZER Gerd	Novo Nordisk	28:41
101	MUNDAY Samuel	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
102	GRONDIN Donavan	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.

GC after stage 1:

1	QUINTANA Nairo	Arkéa-Samsic	5hr 3min 35sec
2	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar	@ 30sec
3	LATOUR Pierre	Total Direct Energie	0:33
4	MARTIN Gotzon	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:59
5	OSORIO Alejandro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
6	SCARONI Cristian	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
7	ADRIA Roger	Kern Pharma	s.t.
8	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
9	RUBIO Einer	Movistar	s.t.
10	AMEZQUETA Julen	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
11	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
12	HERNANDEZ José	Team Medellin	s.t.
13	DE LA PARTE Víctor	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
14	GARCIA Jhojan	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
15	MATE Luis	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:42
16	FORTUNATO Lorenzo	Kometra-Xstra	s.t.
17	GAVAZZI Francesco	Kometra-Xstra	s.t.
18	ROSA Diego	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
19	CABEDO Oscar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
20	JUARISTI Txomin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
21	ITURRIA Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
22	CARRETERO Héctor	Movistar	s.t.
23	AGIRRE Jon	Kern Pharma	s.t.
24	PARRA José	Kern Pharma	s.t.
25	OYOLA Róbigzon	Team Medellin	s.t.
26	NAVARRO Daniel	Burgos-BH	s.t.
27	DIAZ José	Nippo-Delko	s.t.
28	MONTOYA Cristhian	Team Medellin	s.t.
29	MENDEZ Daniel	Kern Pharma	1:52
30	NYCH Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
31	FINETTO Mauro	Nippo-Delko	2:09
32	MOLENAAR Alex	Burgos-BH	3:04
33	ROJAS José	Movistar	3:38
34	CHERNETSKI Sergei	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
35	CHALAPUD Robinson	Team Medellin	s.t.
36	ANACONA Winner	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
37	LE TURNIER Mathias	Nippo-Delko	4:03
38	GONZALEZ Abner	Movistar	4:22
39	MADRAZO Angel	Burgos-BH	4:41
40	NOVIKOV Savva	Kern Pharma	s.t.
41	DE ROSSI Lucas	Nippo-Delko	s.t.
42	OKAMIKA Ander	Burgos-BH	s.t.
43	MURGUIALDAY Jokin	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
44	AULAR Orluis	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
45	DEL PINO Jesus	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
46	CUADRADO Unai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5:51
47	GHIRMAY Biniam	Nippo-Delko	s.t.
48	PAREDES César	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
49	ALBA Juan	Movistar	s.t.
50	MILTIADIS Andreas	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
51	DOUBEY Fabien	Total Direct Energie	6:54
52	NEKRASOV Denis	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
53	WACKERMANN Luca	Kometra-Xstra	8:18
54	FEDELI Alessandro	Nippo-Delko	8:26
55	GARCIA Carlos	Kern Pharma	s.t.
56	STRAKHOV Dmitry	Gazprom-RusVelo	9:03
57	LEDANOIS Kévin	Arkéa-Samsic	10:36
58	KUSZTOR Péter	Novo Nordisk	10:37
59	ARMSTRONG Thomas	Electro Hiper Europa	s.t.
60	OSORIO Juan	Burgos-BH	s.t.
61	LOZANO David	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
62	PELEGRI Oscar	Electro Hiper Europa	s.t.
63	OURSELIN Paul	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
64	HARDY Romain	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
65	DE LA FUENTE David	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
66	NICOLAU Joel	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
67	GARCIA Sergio	Kometra-Xstra	s.t.
68	SANCHEZ Pelayo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
69	GRELLIER Fabien	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
70	SEVILLA Diego Pablo	Kometra-Xstra	s.t.
71	ANGULO Antonio	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
72	CUADROS Alvaro	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
73	OYARZUN Carlos	Aviludo-Louletano	13:06
74	ARCHIBALD John	Kometra-Xstra	s.t.
75	DUARTE Fabio	Team Medellin	13:56
76	GUTIERREZ José	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	14:56
77	JURADO Marcos	Electro Hiper Europa	15:00
78	MUNTON Byron	Electro Hiper Europa	s.t.
79	CANELLAS Xavier	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
80	BURGAUDEAU Mathieu	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
81	CONTTE Tomas	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
82	MEIRELES Nuno	Aviludo-Louletano	s.t.
83	CABOT Jérémy	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
84	RUIZ Ibon	Kern Pharma	s.t.
85	AZURMENDI Ibai	Euskaltel-Euskadi	17:12
86	BALLESTEROS Miguel	Electro Hiper Europa	s.t.
87	HENTTALA Joonas	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
88	BELANDRIA Juan	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
89	BEHRINGER Oliver	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
90	DELETTRE Alexandre	Nippo-Delko	s.t.
91	QUINTANA Dayer	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
92	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
93	CAMPOS Roniel	Aviludo-Louletano	20:39
94	VIEGAS Daniel	Kometra-Xstra	22:07
95	ESTELRICH Mateu	Electro Hiper Europa	22:13
96	BUENO Jorge	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
97	BRUZUAL Jose	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
98	D. KOVACS Dávid	Electro Hiper Europa	23:14
99	LOPES Fernando	Gios-Kiwi Atlantico	s.t.
100	DE KEIJZER Gerd	Novo Nordisk	28:51
101	MUNDAY Samuel	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
102	GRONDIN Donavan	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile